In the 95th minute of the match between Lille and Metz on Friday evening (0-0), tempers flared up in front of the benches of both teams. Metz coach Frédéric Antonetti and former PSG player, now Dogues sports coordinator, Sylvain Armand have come to blows. A fight which forced the referee of the meeting Bastien Dechepy to exclude the technician from FC Metz.
At a press conference, the Corsican returned to the incident: “Do you believe that the president of Lille and his sports coordinator should be two meters from me in the box (reserved for pitchside coaches) to put pressure on the fourth referee? »
“I’m 60 years old, I don’t want people to speak badly to me. I know the song, I’m a good customer (corn) I’m basically right. If they hadn’t come would there have been the incident? » he continued, before losing his temper: “When someone attacks me, I respond. I took the red but I do not let myself be done on a pitch. I have to be a redneck on duty… You love preppy coaches. In France, you only like BCBG. You don’t like guys with a bad temper. I know it, I’m not loved… It doesn’t matter. »